Bill O’Reilly Blackmails Mexico Over Jailed American

If you’ve been watching Fox News lately, you’ve probably seen the story of Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi who is in a Mexican jail after driving across the border – via a wrong turn, he says – with three guns. Mexican gun laws are very strict. Last night, Bill O’Reilly announced that if Tahmooressi is not released today, “we have something that Mexico is not going to like.”

O’Reilly has been admirably restrained and cautious about Tahmooressi’s case, saying he wanted all the facts and questioning Tahmooressi’s claim of going to Mexico by mistake. But last night, O’Reilly adjudged Tahmooressi innocent: “We believe he made an honest mistake and we believe the Mexicans once again are over-reacting and punishing an American when they don’t have to.”

In an “Is It Legal?” segment last night, O’Reilly told attorneys Lis Wiehl and Kimberly Guilfoyle that the Mexicans should take the guns and fine Tahmooressi.

Guilfoyle said that at a hearing scheduled for today, Tahmooressi will probably be allowed to post bail and return to the U.S. “never to re-enter Mexico” as a way for the country to both let him go and save face. However, she said the Mexican attorney general should dismiss the charges.

That’s when O’Reilly announced: “If he’s not let out tomorrow, we have a – we have something that Mexico is not going to like.”

“Uh-oh,” Guilfoyle – ever the suck-up - said.

O’Reilly added, “So, tomorrow’s Factor, we’ll tell you what the story is."

You may recall that O'Reilly took credit for the release of a previous prisoner he threatened Mexico over. I'm sure the entire government - or maybe the entire country - is quaking in its boots at the thought of the misery in store for them if they don't measure up. I'm also pretty sure that O'Reilly will take at least some credit if Tahmooressi is released today.

Did you all know that “Between 2008-2011, the Department of Defense gave $428.7 million worth of equipment to Mexican security forces, including planes, Blackhawk helicopters, and scanners.” I didn’t know this. Are we giving weapons to the cartels? Source: Tamara Holder

Thank You Mexico for averting a mass shooting. A PTSD from Florida with 3 lethal weapons. Why has the mother been saying for weeks that son has never been to Mexico, when in fact he has on several occasions with the guns.

Just as he’s done in the past, BOR gloms onto something that’s going happen anyway just so the folks can hear him talk tough and he can then claim some credit for himself. It must be exhausting for him to have to keep feeding that ridiculous ego of his.

Btw, Mexico should be very afraid…BOR has started a petition on his website. The petition makes no mention of a tourism boycott, a tequila boycott, etc.

“Tahmooressi?” What kind of good-old-boy American name is that? Sounds kinda Muslimy to me.

But, in seriousness, let’s turn the tables here, shall we? Mr Loofah, are you honestly suggesting that all those illegal immigrants from Mexico shouldn’t worry about their “breaking the law?” I mean, maybe they really planned to become legal immigrants but they just “forgot” to file all the legal paperwork and documentation before they crossed the border. Or maybe they just “made a mistake” in trusting the skeevy Mexican guys who told them “Pay us 10,000 pesos and we’ll help you become US citizens.” Something tells me, Mr Loofah, that neither of those excuses would suffice for you.

The real media is reporting that Tahmooressi will be released on bail today and allowed to permanently leave Mexico. It’s an absolute certainty that Bildo will bray tonight about how this was all his doing.